>> alberta is a very good place to do business.very stable environment. >> i mean, you're understating it, aren't you? i mean, alberta is as safe as you can get on this planet, isn't it? >> it's a great place to do business. >> and they haven't had a civil war for a while. >> we haven't had a civil war for a long time. >> the bonus for canadians, aside from the treasure, is the notion that americans might have to start treating them with a little less condescension. >> with their oil, i think we're going to need them a lot more than they need us. >> we may appear, in canada, to be a mouse compared to the elephant down south in terms of diplomacy or politics. but in terms of resources, we are mighty equals. >> there have been grumblings out of ottawa in the past that canada should consider using the oil sands as leverage in its serious trade disputes with the united states. do you think america's taking canada for granted on the oil sands? >> absolutely, and i think most people--most canadians believe that. >> and the canadians have

and next of all the ability that alberta and canadians are going to produce this no matter what. and if china becomes a player or asia becomes a player market taking this product if we don't, what it does to our security and security should be the most factor i think the main factor of what we should be concerned about. would i ask -- i think the question would i ask and, doctor, i'll start with you, if you would. do you believe the oil sands will be developed whether we buy it or not? >> thank you. at the prices we have in our long-term projections, the sands, tar sand, call them what you will, would likely be developed whether or not we purchase. >> does everybody agree, ambassador, you agree they're going to develop the oil sands? >> i would agree with that. >> i'm sure that everybody else agrees with that, too. and i would assume that you all think that would be a job creator for america if we build it through into america? do you all agree that there will be jobs i'm sure to build a pipeline, right, so it would be a job producers for us? >> again, this goes a little bit beyo

this is the record of decision by the state department for the alberta clipper pipeline. i'll read one portion to you. it applies today. the department of state has determined through review of the alberta clipper project application that the alberta clipper project would serve the national interests in a time of considerable political tension and -- excuse me, in a time of considerable political tension in other major producing countries by providing additional access to a proximate, table secure ply of crude oil with minimum transportation requirements from a reliable ally and trading partner of the united states with which we have freed trade agreements and further augments the security of this oil supply. if that rang true three years ago, it rings true more so today. again, one other thing we need to talk. the tar sands oil that has been the other side has demonized, they also need to realize that this oil is going to be developed. it's already developed in canada and sent here to tar refineries, the ones who are the best in terms of the environmental impact of produ

and we're understanding that the alberta province is already meeting right now with china? has already developed this? >> correct. but it's, i mean, from all the comics, if you look at it, this oil is most likely to come to the united states. and by the way, we still have capacity for the next four, five, six years to absorb with the present infrastructure that oil. >> thank you. doctor, if i could, i want to switch to the manufacturing jobs that in sourcing is the new word, the new buzz word we're all using now. we want to start building things again in america. as i'm understanding and senator murkowski just talked about the now projections as far as what our supplies will be for the shale and shale gas, west virginia's been a big player in marcellus, as you know. and the coal and everything we've been blessed with. if that's been downgraded now to the point where it could affect the cost of what we would manufacture, do you see the supply having a big impact on pricing and us manufacturing in this country again, by not having the dependability with the slashing of the re

clipper they come out of alberta canada, usually they don't do much to us.ing is such it may come through in the afternoon timing out for the rush hour and may put down a little light snow, a tiny accumulation just enough to zamboni the roads a little bit. after a very cold start bwi up to 53 a lot of places dropped into the 20s dulles dropped to 22 degrees last night we are already seeing temperatures drop off, good chilly night in a lot of suburban areas probably up to upper 20s, maybe not as cold as last night 49 is where dc is, frederick down to 41 degrees, and if you look at satellite and radar we have a little bit of moisture passing south, some of the southern suburbs may see more of that, a little more to come later tonight fairly settled across much of the country but we will watch in this area tomorrow for our fast moving storm to come zipping across the north earn plains, what you are seeing here now, is a future cast this is a prediction for tuesday morning not our clipper yet we will have sunny skies that is just some lake-effect snow not relate

oil sands. 170 firms in texas would benefit from the development of alberta oil sands. and i would yield to another the gentleman from texas, great colleague, someone who has championeded energy development, mr. olson from texas. mr. olson: i thank my good friend from colorado, fighting for u.s. domestic production of energy. i'm going to start my comments tonight by focusing on gas prices. we all know that gas prices have risen dramatically under the current administration. this chart here shows exactly what has happened in america. our president took office in february of 2009. just over $1.90. spiked up to $2.70 a gallon and last summer, almost $4.00 a gallon. almost doubled in price since president obama took office. these gas prices are a hardship on american families and american small businesses. families that have to take their kids to school. families that have to drive their kids to practice. families who have to go to the grocery store. families who have to go to church. no one is immune from these price increases. i represent part of the energy capital of th

so high with regard to the keystone sure i've been the biggest reason is that these tar sands in alberta are the second largest pool of carbon on earth second only to saudi arabia now burning the oil fields of saudi arabia is what's raised the temperature of the earth a degree already we do not want to find the next saudi arabia and do the same thing with it now that we know about climate change that's why we had the largest civil disobedience action in this country in thirty years with twelve hundred fifty three people arrested that's why we were able to surround the white house. with people five deep in november that's why we just had the most concentrated burst of environmental advocacy maybe since the fight to save the grand canyon from being flooded back in the late one nine hundred sixty s. this was a big day and it was a big day for every environmental group in the country that unity is really what made it happen so where do you go from here bill well we'll keep monitoring this fight and hope that we're able to drive a stake through the heart of this thing we're also going on the

rail that is moving people around at high speeds but they want to move or oil at high speeds from alberta to the gulf of mexico this is absolute insane this covers the lack of funding from the federal gas tax by taking royalties from oil drilling on public lands in other words if you want to make some of that money back up there were the republicans are pulling out of the gas tax what you know open up more national forests for drilling it allows for longer and have your trucks which both the fact the environment and destroyed broads and bridges exam some already underpaid transportation workers in the fair labor standards act structures are going to get overtime so this is that's a seventy four year old law by the way guarantees basic worker rights the u.s. needs a far sighted future focus transportation bill not house resolution seven as i said senator i move quickly from border borders republicans want to do with this bill we should be focusing on moving people. coming up in tonight's daily take the telecommunications industry gougers americans for every last penny how are europeans esc

clippers' down out of alberta and southwestern canada this one diving into the country saskatchewanda and 80 degree temperatures 60 degree 2 points on one side of the storm going to have used to work with looking like tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night could be a picnic around here evening rush- hour trouble some southern suburbs may be south of the great fault line officially getting in the rainfall or a mix more and more like it might start as snowfall in chicago and north and stay that way snow along the i 80 corridor some woke up to snowfall half an inch-1 in. in spots winter storm watch extending into chicago area colleagues at the weather service six states under a winter storm watch this yellow area. a patchwork advisories to the west high wind over 60 mi. per hour backside of the storm nebraska and kansas cold air comes said severe weather outbreak broad area down to the south shifting into east coast southeast. by the time we get to friday jet stream buckling storm forming east of the bridge did meet the dose of powerful upper level wind howled this is coming together to

you look at where those tar sands are, for instance, they're a long ways from anywhere up there in alberta. >> stephen: wherever in canada is a long way from anywhere. >> they're trying to build a pipeline also west to the pacific and hence on to china but so far canadian activists have done a great job of opposing it. a majority of canadians oppose building that pipeline. >> stephen: canadian activists? they say "would you mind very much not building that pipeline eh? are you going to do it anyway? soory." (laughter) >> stephen: if someone out there in the audience was foolish you have no sign your petition, where would they go? >> www.350.org is the place to be. >> stephen: do not do it! bill mckibben, www.350.org, thank you so much for joining

you look at where those tar sands are, for instance, they're a long ways from anywhere up there in alberta. >> stephen: wherever in canada is a long way from anywhere. >> they're trying to build a pipeline also west to the pacific and hence on to china but so far canadian activists have done a great job of opposing it. a majority of canadians oppose building that pipeline. >> stephen: canadian activists? they say "would you mind very much not building that pipeline eh? are you going to do it anyway? soory." (laughter) >> stephen: if someone out there in the audience was foolish you have no sign your petition, where would they go? >> www.350.org is the place to be. >> stephen: do not do it! bill mckibben, www.350.org, thank you so much for joining (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. before we go. i'd like to congratulate andrew buneta and his wife jen on the birth of their baby mila sophia rose buneta who i believe was named after most of the golden girls. (laughter) everyone here at the "report" is so excited to meet little mila. unless andrew photo shopped the baby

the pipeline i want to talk about is the alberta clipper pipeline. and the alberta clipper pipeline is the yellow one coming here, right here to the point there in i believe that is lake superior, maybe. but right there, the northern part of minnesota and right there. and listen to what the administration approved a couple of years ago, here's what the state department said. this is a record of decisions and national interest determination. the department of state has determined through review of the alberta clipper project application that the alberta clipper project would serve the national interest in a time of considerable political tension in other major oil-producing regions and countries by providing additional access to approximate mat stable crude oil with limited transportation requirements from a reliable ally and training partner of the united states with which we have free trade agreements and further augments of security of this energy supply. if that was true three years ago , for this pipeline, isn't it more true today for the keyston

. >> let's take a look at this surveillance video from alberta, canada. bill berry is about to walk through the door on the left-hand side of the screen. it's an open door. it's the exit door to the courthouse. barry walks through the open door and bypasses the security stop on the right-hand side. deputies that are working inside the courthouse see him walk right passed security and immediately approach him, grab him behind the neck and start to drag him out of the court. mr. barry breathes through a tube in his throat. he's a cancer survivor. he is also mute and deaf. and was unable to communicate with deputy thomas bounds when he approached him. bounds ties him up and takes him out the door. his breathing tube is dislodged. he drops to the ground. he can't breathe. four other deputies rush to the scene. one of the other deputies is able to reinsert mr. barry's breathing tube. he's okay. what do you guys think about this? >> the problem here is the person who's working the other door should have noticed that the door stayed open. >> before you drag the

you look at where those tar sands are, for instance, they're a long ways from anywhere up there in alberta. >> stephen: wherever in canada is a long way from anywhere. >> they're trying to build a pipeline also west to the pacific and hence on to china but so far canadian activists have done a great job of opposing it. a majority of canadians oppose building that pipeline. >> stephen: canadian activists? they say "would you mind very much not building that pipeline eh? are you going to do it anyway? soory." (laughter) >> stephen: if someone out there in the audience was foolish you have no sign your petition, where would they go? >> www.350.org is the place to be. >> stephen: do not do it! bill mckibben, www.350.org, thank you so much for joining weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent

. >> a lot of alberta's energy sector was built as a result of the americans coming to alberta to invest in our energy industry. but we're not going to be able to rely on the sentimentality of that. we'll go where the markets are >> reporter: that market was china. >> the pipes are ready to go, the pumps are ready to go. >> reporter: initially canada planned to sell to the u.s. from the pipeline from alberta to the gulf coast. last month, president obama said no. china, however, said yes to canadian oil, which is fast tracking a pipeline west for exports to asia. >> we want to sell our energy to people who want to buy our energy. it's that simple. >> reporter: supporters hope obama reconsiders or loses the white house to a republican. yet, many are not optimistic, noting congressional democrats killed drilling in the atlantic, pacific, and much of alaska. the wild card? prices. the arab oil crisis steamrolled political opponents in the 1970s, allowing america to build the transalaska pipeline in just three years. >> u.s. imports 11 million barrels a day of oil from some place else in the

they will be producing nearly 4 million barrels a day in alberta, canada. and we will not take it here? they have time on the other side of the pacific. the prime minister was here last week. they would love to have a long- term commitment to take the oil there. it is going to go. it is either going to come here and this place on accrued we are getting from venezuela and other places -- >> how are the republicans going to make it stick? >> we passed a bill last week with bipartisan support. it was included in the transportation bill the house passed last week. it is now part of that bill. this bill we authorizes the highway spending and all transportation. the senate does not know if it will be in the senate bill. we are hoping we can get this to be president's desk again. it is different from what he had before. we had this certified that it was not in the national interest. >> you mean the senate will pass its? -- pass it? >> we design this in the same way the alaska pipeline was designed in the 1970's. the president signed a key piece of bread -- piece o

there's an article come coming out of a local alaska paper saying the alberta pipeline has been taken out of the outlook reference case because it determined that the project would not be economical based on the price forecasts through 2035. and then there is another statement that says that the final 2012 outlook, which is to be issued in the spring, will in fact include some aspect or -- or will include alaska in -- alaska continues to seek to bring its national gas to market but the full picture won't be blown until this 2012 outlook. >> in terms of the piping natural gas from alaska, it had already been out of the reference case. >> right. >> which again is just a protection. it last year's outlook and still at the prices of natural gas are -- from. >> do you take into account alaska's national gas potential and the expore opportunities for it for export. >> going forward. >> several of you have discussed the issue of spare cassity -- capacity, i think it was you that indicated $2 billion barrels per day down to five million barrels -- $2 million barrel per day and is our previous

department of states memorandum permit for the alberta clipper pipeline that says when the state department followed regular procedure and the presidential permit was authorized and not caught up in politics because this was 2009, not 2012, the state department said the approval of the permit sends a positive economic signal in a difficult economic period about the future reliability and availability of a portion of united states energy imports and in the immediate term the shovel-ready project will provide construction job for workers in the united states. let's do that for the keystone pipeline as well. >> without objection, it will be submitted for the record and, the gentleman yields back his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman woman from california for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i support mr. dingell's amendment because i think it's a sensible one. our colleagues across the aisle keep saying that transcanada isn't getting any special consideration. but that's really what this bill is about. this is a bill that's just chuck full of exception. it applies to only one p

they're producing -- they will be producing nearly 4 million barrels a day in alberta canada. if we will not take it here, they have that turn on the other side of the pacific and the prime minister was there and they would love to have a long- term commitment to take that oil there. it is going to go. it is either going to come here and displace toyo the we are getting from a great nations like venezuela -- displace oil we are getting from great nations like venezuela. >> how are you going to get it done? >> we passed the bill last week. it was included in the highway and transportation bill the house passed this last week. the speaker being allowed a lot of -- speaker boehner allowed lots of amendments. the senate has a different bill. i do not know if it will be in the senate bill. we will see what happens. we are hoping we can get this to the president's desk. it is a little bit of a different version than what he had before. what he had before it was he had this -- to certify it was not in the national interest. he said this. >> the senate will pass it? >> what we did was

that this oil pipeline is going to come down from alberta, go right through the middle of our country, and just going to then go out into the rest of the world and th will be great. that will be great because the price of oil will go down globally. and we should be very happy for that. and somehow or another american consumers will benefit even though the export strategy will be to send that oil to china or to send it to argentina or to send it to europe. and somehow or another, our consumers will be benefited by that. because that's law of supply and demand. the problem is, we're kind of late in the game on this to kind of reach this point of realization. we played under opec's laws of supplies and demand. and their law is -- and here's what they say to us. we supply the oil, opec. you pay what we demand. any time the price goes down too low, we meet in vienna. we lower the price. we lower the total supply of oil and you guys just pump it up. and the price will just go higher and higher. so the story is now across the country is saying that by memorial day the price of gasoline could

the bill latest to the advance the alberta to texas pipeline. republicans trying to punish the president politically. there's a story about this at the hill.com, all of this ahead of the 2012 election. critical of the president for failing to green light the project that republicans say will create jobs and boost energy security. a number of amendments being put forth by democrats on the committee. ed markey, his amendment failed 14-37 that republicans claim would with curb account reliance on oil from unstable nations. also a proposal put forth by john dingell from michigan. his amendment using the same process that was used by previous administrations, again all of this part of the ongoing debate over the keystone xl pipeline. the senate is not scheduled to take up the measure. let's hear from congressman john dingell on his proposal. >> you will note, my dear friends and colleagues, that this amendment is going to utilize the procedures set forth by president george wfrl bush on april 30, 2004 with regard to the permitting of the pipeline. th

citizens it just didn't have the money and so on their way to few years and one nine hundred fifty alberta saw what was going on and say oh it's a cool idea let's try something like that and they passed their own plan they gave health cut health coverage to ninety percent of their population so in one nine hundred fifty seven the federal government saw what was going on around the nation and passed the hospital insurance and diagnostic services act that paid for half of all the cause of any single payer system that was created by any of the provinces after that by nine hundred sixty one fifteen years after sis gach won all ten provinces and similar single payer systems. today canada has one of the highest life expectancies in the world and spends almost a third less a year on health care than we do in the united states doing something right up there the point here is that a single payer universal health care system won't be enacted overnight in america just like it wasn't an act that overnight in canada that's because the for profit health insurance companies here have latched on to our la

it was a wakeup call said an energy expert at the university of alberta. "washington post," chinese state-controlled has a stake in the pipeline that would boost investment in alberta oil stands. from today "the houston business journal," says that the chief of the port metro vancouver, the city's port authority, said port would be willing to undertake the drudging and infrastructure work necessary to allow bigger ship into the port that would carry crude shipped to the coast from alberta oil sands. the reality is if you want this oil to go to china kill the x.l. pipeline, the keystone pipeline and let this one be built in canada, which canada is already preparing to do. and i will reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. markey: i yield one minute to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman. keystone is not the energy future that advocates claim it is but if in fact the keystone pipeline is bui

the proposed $7 billion pipeline project would spend more than 1700 miles between hardesty, alberta, canada, and multiple destinations in oklahoma and texas. under executive order 1337, all proposed oil pipeline projects that cross u.s. borders require a presidential permit, including a determination that the proposed cross-border pipeline is in the national interest. the state department reviews applications for a presidential permit and consults with eight other agencies including the department of severe your in its -- interior in its review. state received an application from transcanada keystone pipeline in september of 2008. the proposed 1700-mile pipeline crosses through eastern montana for 228 miles and includes approximately 42 miles of scattered parcels of federal land managed by the blm. the blm was a cooperating agency with the state department as was the u.s. fish and wildlife service and the national park service in the preparation of an environmental impact statement to address the effects of the proposed pipeline construction and operation activities. the blm identifi

. >> a lot of alberta's energy sector was built as a result of americans coming to alberta to investergy industry. but we are not going to be able to rely on the sentiment at the timsentiment of that. >> reporter: they are going to china. canada was going to sell their crude to the u.s. from alberto to the gulf tkpwo*es. president obama said no. china, however, said yes to canadian oil which is fast tracking a pipeline west. >> we want to sell our oil to people who want to buy our oil. >> reporter: they hope president obama reconsiders or loses the white house to a republican. not are optimistic, democrats killed drilling in the atlantic, pacific, and alaska. the arab prices steam rolled in the 1970s allowing americans to build the transalaska pipeline in three years. >> the u.s. imports $11 billion a way from oil from some place else in the world. its going to do that for decades and decades to come. the friendlyist place to get the crude oil is from canada, simp simple. >> reporter: transcanada will resubmit their application. some say the president would be more likely to sign it

host: 10 alberta, thank you for your time this morning -- tim alberta. back to your question for all of you -- same-sex marriage, for or against? here is the headline in "the baltimore sun" this morning. we want to know from all of you. anthony is a republican from colorado springs. caller: thank you for giving a chance to answer this, because whenever we did survey we are just asked whether we are for or against gay marriage. and the problem i have is that it is called marriage. a marriage is between a man and a woman, so i say i am against it being gay marriage. but in fact, i am not against them having equal rights at all. i just wished they would not use the word marriage. call it anything else. host: civil union? caller: well, that would be fine but i find some gays do not like it because they did not feel they are getting all the rights they should get. i want every american to have every right that they should have. but i just think that -- they took over the word gay and then taking over the word marriage and a lot of people find it marriage a tr

it is funny -- i have often heard tpm refer to that we got alberta gonzales fired. -- alberto gonzalese. we probably contributed to it. i never said he should resign or that -- that is not just reticence. in general, i do not like the idea of people losing their jobs. i do not think if you look back through tpm, you would ever see us pursuing correction stories extremely aggressively. we think they should be pursued aggressively, but i do not take pleasure in people going to gerald or losing their jobs or careers getting -- people going to jail or losing their jobs. >> hear you are on the stephen cole their show. -- colbert show? >> why are you not wearing a bathrobe? >> we have up our game. -- upped our game. >> now you look like an iranian politician. [laughter] >> i think this is important. [laughter] what do you mean news side? but we have professional reporters working for us. i call that a new site. >> -- news site. >> now you have a staff of 28. that was just 2.5 years ago. how far are you going to go with this and what is the goal now? >> we want to go a lot farther than we are

goes from the pro province of alberta down to refineries in wisconsin. so they approved that project. they approved it in august of 2009. so what's going on here? well, the issue that they've talked about, said, well, we -- we have to delay this because of the western sandhills region of nebraska. the western sandhill sandhills f nebraska included something called the ogallala aquifer. now, the ogallala aquifer, obviously very important for water supply and for irrigation. that's here in western nebraska. so that concern has been raised. so we put forward legislation that addresses that issue. we put forward legislation that follows the lead of the state of nebraska and says, we will reroute the pipeline in nebras nebraska. for example, rerouting it over here where there's already the existing keystone pipeline. but in the legislation that we've put forward, we say we will reroute the pipeline in nebraska, that issue will be fully addressed, and we do not set a time line on doing it. and we expressly provide that we work with the state of nebraska to do

would be built by a canadian company called trans-canada and would bring oil all the way from the albertads down to the gulf of mexico. it would be in two parts. first part needs the white house's approval. it does not have that. but the second part, because it doesn't cross the border with canada is perfectly okay and therefore trans-canada will start building this pipeline bringing oil from oklahoma to the gulf of mexico, bringing more oil to the market and that eventually should, pending no flare-up in the mideast, bring down the price that you pay at the gas pump. >> that is a big if at this point, i'm sure. but anything that will get the gas prices down is probably a good thing. >> yep, indeed, is especially since it is an elect year and you never want to egas prices flirting with $4 when you have an election. >> all right. always good to see you. thank you for joining us this morning. >> see you tomorrow. >>> coming up next, things can get pretty catty when it comes to political campaigns. one candidate in the virginia senate race won't take that as an insult because he is a cat. we

speed, low altitude maneuver called an alpha pass, for the left bridge international air show in albertay start until the next day, but some eager aviation buffs are on hand to see the action. all eyes are on the plane as it swoops overhead. the spectators are about to get a show they'll never forget. two cameras are recording the well-trained pilot's tricky move. one camera zooms in. the other stays wide as the plane slows and starts to turn. suddenly, the pilot ejects. the plane wobbles, then dives nose first into the ground. the multi million dollar war machine explodes into a fireball. thick black smoke billows into the air. the twisted wreckage burns out of control. onlookers are horrified as emergency crews rush to the scene. dramatic close-up photographs show the pilot ejecting from the cockpit seconds from death. he's taken to the hospital. captain brian mews of the 425 tactical wing compresses three vertebrae in his back but incredibly, makes a full recovery and tells his story to matt lauer on the "today" show. >> no, the training did kick in. it became obvious what i needed to

and this pipeline will go all the way from alberta down to my district in port arthur, texas and createhe states along the route. it has been changed over the questionable portion of the aquafir so it's been four years. it's time to do it. >> those pipelines are not really safe. in fact, for the last 20 years, the congress has refused to update the pipeline safety laws. we had a huge explosion in san francisco and i think seven people were killed in that. we always are having leaks. we need to do this right and we need to make sure it's safe and the actual pipeline has not been decided. so there's things that we need to do to make sure this is done correctly and the other pipelines, all those red lines, are they safe? they're in people's backyards. i know we have major problems in california about pipeline safety. we had the spill in the yellowstone river. it goes on and on. do it right, take your time and make sure it's done correctly auto. >> we'll see if congress gets there before the president. they're trying to pass it over his head. great for both of you to be here with me this mo

but this oil pipe line will come down from alberta, go right through the middle of our country and justgo once the rest of the world and not with the great. we should be very happy for that in american consumers will benefit even though the expert strategy of the p2 sending oil to china or argentina or to europe. somehow our consumers will be benefited by that because that is the law of supply and demand. the problem is and where kind of late in the game on this to reach this point of realization is that we play under opec's is supply and demand in their lower and here's what they say to. keep able we demand. anytime the price is going to look, we meet in vienna and have another new meeting. below the price than the total supply of oil and pump it at a net price to just go higher higher. so this story now across the country are staying at a day the price of gasoline could be $4, $5 across the country. so here is a great opportunity for us. the prime minister of china, prime minister of canada saying on the one hand, that this would be great that our oil is the north american oil, but th

-- producing in the alberta sands over to china or over someplace else and sometimes it would be shipped back in or we would be taking oil from the middle east and all of the things that can happen when oil is being shipped from the middle east to america are risks that we would have to ta take. mr. blunt blunt: could i make oe final point on that? you know, every other country in the world looks at its natural resources and the first two words they think of are economic advantage or economic opportunity. and that's what the canadians are doing. only in the united states do you have a significant -- any significant number of leaders who look at our natural resources and the first two words they think of are environmental hazard. what's the worst thing that can happen and what would happen if that happened every day? and the canadians, you know, their prime minister was in -- in china within the last month talking about selling their -- their oil to the chinese, who want to buy it. and that's what the canadians should be doing. they would prefer to sell it to us. we should buy it. but the